The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain.

这个开口环是用来连接链条两头的。

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When the two ends of the tunnel met in the middle they were only a few inches out.

隧道两端在中间相接时，只有几英寸的误差。

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It is mainly composed of a steel rectangular parallelepiped and two steel cylinders of the same diameter fixed at its two ends.

它主要由一钢制长方体和固定在其两端的两个相同直径的钢制圆柱体组成。

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So, massless bodies will always have, like a massless rope, equal and opposite forces on the two ends.

所以无质量的物体,比如这个绳子,两边所受的力永远都相等

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you're looking for that equal and opposite forces acting at two ends of the rope.

你就得求出作用在绳子两端的,大小相等方向相反的力

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The rest of the businesses owners fall somewhere between those two ends of the spectrum.

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There are two ends of the spectrum when it comes to being a working mom.

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Antiques Roadshow and The X Factor are at two ends of the spectrum - hence you get massive audiences.

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